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Jun 2023
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Strong Jobs Report Complicates Rate Hike...

The Wall Street Journal
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P.M. Edition for June 2. The May jobs report shows a strong labor market, but complicates matters for the Federal Reserve. Plus, congressional reporter Natalie Andrews discusses the winners and losers in the debt-ceiling deal. And, at public schools across the country, parents, teachers and politicians have been fighting over how and whether to incorporate instruction on LGBT history. Ben Chapman reports. Annmarie Fertoli hosts.

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